Inventing the bodily interior: Écorché figures in early modern anatomy and von Hagens' body worlds

Social Semiotics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-326

  Stephens, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomical art; Body; corch ; Figure; Skin; Von hagens

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249159845     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330701448611     Document Type: Article

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